MOLINE, Ill. (December 2, 2013) - Quad City Mallards forward Jeff Lee has been named Oakley Central Hockey League Player of the Week, the Mallards announced today in conjunction with the CHL.
Lee scored four goals and totaled seven points while posting a plus/minus rating of +8 as the Mallards went 2-0-1 in three games last week. Lee scored a game tying shorthanded goal with 1:16 left in regulation and added an assist in the Mallards' 5-4 shootout loss to the Mavericks in Missouri last Wednesday. Last Friday Lee scored a tie-breaking third period goal and picked up another assist in the Mallards' 4-3 win over the St. Charles Chill. One night later Lee rang up two goals and an assist and matched a league season high by turning in a plus/minus rating of +5 in the Mallards' 9-3 thrashing of the Tulsa Oilers.
On the season, the 25-year old Lee has scored eight goals and produced 13 points in 14 games. The 6' 2", 209-pound Lee is the first Mallard to earn a league-wide honor this year.
Lee broke into professional hockey last season with the Rapid City Rush, for whom he scored seven goals and notched 21 points in 55 games. Lee joined the Rush after spending three successful years at the University of New Brunswick. He helped UNB to the 2011 University Cup national title and three straight Atlantic University Sport conference crowns while recording 11 goals and 28 points in 53 career games as a Varsity Red.
Lee arrived in New Brunswick following a season-plus with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the major junior Western Hockey League. In total, he produced 29 goals and 81 points in 119 Western Hockey League games. After scoring 22 times and notching 62 points in 72 games for the Oil Kings in 2008-09, Lee got his first taste of pro hockey when he played two games for the American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons in the spring of 2009.
His time at UNB was not Lee's first stint in the intercollegiate ranks. He played for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 2006-07 and at the start of the 2007-08 season after two years in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Drayton Valley Thunder and Sherwood Park Crusaders.
The Mallards return to action next Friday night at 7:05 p.m on home ice against the Brampton Beast. Next Friday is another $1 Dog/$1 Beer Night presented by 97X. $1 hot dogs and $1 beers are available at iWireless Center concession stands during each of the Mallards' 11 Friday night home games this season. Next Friday also kicks off Rivalry Weekend presented by Pub 1848. The Mallards will play three straight home games (the Flock will also meet the Brampton next Saturday and Sunday) against the Beast, their newest Central Hockey League rival from north of the border.
Tickets for all Mallards regular season home games can be purchased at the iWireless Center ticket office, Ticketmaster outlets, through ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone toll free at 1-800-745-3000. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on game days from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the second period.
About the Quad City Mallards
A proud affiliate of the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild and the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild, the Quad City Mallards are in the midst of their seventeenth season and their fourth in the Central Hockey League. One of the winningest teams in all of minor league hockey, the Mallards competed in the United Hockey League from 1995 through 2007 and in the International Hockey League in 2009-10. The Mallards' proud history has seen them capture the UHL's Colonial Cup Championship three times (1997, 1998, 2001) and secure that league's Tarry Cup four times (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002) for the best overall regular season record. In 2001, the Mallards made professional hockey history, recording their sixth consecutive season with 50 or more wins, a feat that has yet to be matched. The i wireless Center provides a unique environment for hockey and features one-of-a-kind seating areas such as the Nest for groups and functions and the exclusive Drake Club. For more information on the Quad City Mallards or for Mallards tickets go to www.myqcmallards.com. Fans can also follow the Mallards via Twitter at twitter.com/myqcmallards
